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Originally Posted by RockdaMan
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Our philosophy is simple—when Apple brings a new subscriber to the app, Apple earns a 30 percent share
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Except that it doesn't really apply in the case of, say, ebook sales does it?
The vast majority of users didn't find out about the author they want to read, or that Amazon is a pretty handy retailer from which to purchase that content, because Apple pushed the app in front of their face.
And again with regard to Amazon, they've almost certainly already given them their details, so the "privacy feature" is superfluous.
Apple want a 30% cut because it will either slash Amazon's profits or drive them away from the iOS platform, shifting sales over to iBooks. Pure and simple.
Rinse and repeat for high profile vendors of movies, music and news.
Graham